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INTAKT RECORDS

IRON INTO WIND

$18.35

Details

Artist
HAWKINS, ALEXANDER
Format
CD
Label
INTAKT RECORDS
Released
Feb 01, 2019
Catalog #
ITK330.2
UPC
7640120193300

About

Alexander Hawkins is a creative epicentre from the London jazz scene and is regarded in the UK as one of the most innovative musicians of the younger generation with a surprising radius of action. He plays with Evan Parker, Wadada Leo Smith, Taylor Ho Bynum, Louis Moholo, Shabaka Hutchings and Elaine Mitchener. 'Iron into Wind' is the name of his new piano solo. The phrase "Iron into Wind" evokes for him both the transience of improvisation and a fascination with solid material, represented by the powerful blocks of sound to be heard in several of these pieces. Richard Willimas writes in the liner notes: "The mood varies from the two-handed avant-gospel figurations of "Congregational" to the hurtling "Etude" via the austere ruminations of "Tumble Mono", the knotted blues of "Strange Courage" and the explosive accelerations of "It Should Be a Song", with a diversion, in "Pleasant Constellation", by way of variations on an element from Sun Ra's "Fate in a Pleasant Mood". What he achieves here is a fine balance of all his interests, creating a self-portrait of a wonderfully inventive modern musician."

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Song All the Way 04:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    Song All the Way
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Alexander Hawkins
    Performer
    Alexander Hawkins
  2. 2 Congregational 04:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    Congregational
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Alexander Hawkins
    Performer
    Alexander Hawkins
  3. 3 Tough Like Imagination 04:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    Tough Like Imagination
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Alexander Hawkins
    Performer
    Alexander Hawkins
  4. 4 Pleasant Constellation 04:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    Pleasant Constellation
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Alexander Hawkins
    Performer
    Alexander Hawkins
  5. 5 Gossamer Like a Ghost Tree 03:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    Gossamer Like a Ghost Tree
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Alexander Hawkins
    Performer
    Alexander Hawkins
  6. 6 Strange Courage 05:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    Strange Courage
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Alexander Hawkins
    Performer
    Alexander Hawkins
  7. 7 It Should Be a Song 05:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    It Should Be a Song
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Alexander Hawkins
    Performer
    Alexander Hawkins
  8. 8 Hard As Threads 03:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    Hard As Threads
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Alexander Hawkins
    Performer
    Alexander Hawkins
  9. 9 Tumble Mono 06:08
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tumble Mono
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Alexander Hawkins
    Performer
    Alexander Hawkins
  10. 10 Wander/Wonder 06:13
    Track
    10
    Title
    Wander/Wonder
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Alexander Hawkins
    Performer
    Alexander Hawkins
  11. 11 We All Bleed 04:05
    Track
    11
    Title
    We All Bleed
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Alexander Hawkins
    Performer
    Alexander Hawkins
  12. 12 Etude 04:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    Etude
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Alexander Hawkins
    Performer
    Alexander Hawkins